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An incredible opportunity for you and you students!
This fall, UNO will host 70 paintings of Holocaust survivor, Samuel Bak. Bak held his first art exhibit at age nine while living in the Vilna Ghetto and continues to tell his story via his art yet today. UNO is pleased to announce that funding is available for middle and high school schools to bring groups of teachers and their students to the exhibit for docent-led tours. We anticipate a high interest from schools in Nebraska and Iowa and will accommodate as many groups as possible. However, requests for specific tour dates and times will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis.
More information regarding Bak as well as how to schedule the funded school tours can be found on the flyer below. Please share this with any interested parties. Additional information will be available in August regarding possible class activities teachers may use in conjunction with a field trip to the exhibit.
If you would like to learn more about Bak or how his art can support instruction in secondary schools, please consider the following resources:
Samuel Bak – Pucker Gallery
Illuminations: The Art of Samuel Bak – Facing History and Ourselves
Please contact Dr. Connie Schaffer at UNO if you have any questions.
Associate Professor – Teacher Education Department
Roskens Hall 212G
(402) 554-2767
cschaffer@unomaha.edu
This fall, UNO will host 70 paintings of Holocaust survivor, Samuel Bak. Bak held his first art exhibit at age nine while living in the Vilna Ghetto and continues to tell his story via his art yet today. UNO is pleased to announce that funding is available for middle and high school schools to bring groups of teachers and their students to the exhibit for docent-led tours. We anticipate a high interest from schools in Nebraska and Iowa and will accommodate as many groups as possible. However, requests for specific tour dates and times will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis.
More information regarding Bak as well as how to schedule the funded school tours can be found on the flyer below. Please share this with any interested parties. Additional information will be available in August regarding possible class activities teachers may use in conjunction with a field trip to the exhibit.
If you would like to learn more about Bak or how his art can support instruction in secondary schools, please consider the following resources:
Samuel Bak – Pucker Gallery
Illuminations: The Art of Samuel Bak – Facing History and Ourselves
Please contact Dr. Connie Schaffer at UNO if you have any questions.
Associate Professor – Teacher Education Department
Roskens Hall 212G
(402) 554-2767
cschaffer@unomaha.edu
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A Second Draft of the New Nebraska Social Studies Standards
Has Been Released!
Your input is requested...
Nebraska Revised Statute 79.760.01 requires the Nebraska State Board of Education to adopt content area standards for reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies every seven years. Pursuant to 79.760.01, and under the leadership of the Nebraska Department of Education, the process to revise the Nebraska Social Studies Standards will begin this fall. The current social studies standards were adopted by the State Board of Education in 2012 and are located here: 2012 Nebraska Social Studies Standards.
A Second Draft of the New Nebraska Social Studies Standards
Has Been Released!
Your input is requested...
Nebraska Revised Statute 79.760.01 requires the Nebraska State Board of Education to adopt content area standards for reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies every seven years. Pursuant to 79.760.01, and under the leadership of the Nebraska Department of Education, the process to revise the Nebraska Social Studies Standards will begin this fall. The current social studies standards were adopted by the State Board of Education in 2012 and are located here: 2012 Nebraska Social Studies Standards.
A webpage has been established as part of the process to revise Nebraska’s Social Studies Standards. The webpage includes information regarding the process, and it will include working drafts of the revised standards as they become available. The webpage is located at:
https://www.education.ne.gov/socialstudies/social-studies-standards-revision/
Please monitor the page from time-to-time for information regarding this process and contact Harris Payne (harris.payne@nebraska.gov) with input.
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https://www.education.ne.gov/socialstudies/social-studies-standards-revision/
Please monitor the page from time-to-time for information regarding this process and contact Harris Payne (harris.payne@nebraska.gov) with input.
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NSCSS Congratulates Gilder-Lehrman Nebraska History Teacher of the Year, Michael Sandstrom from Chadron High School
NSCSS Congratulates Gilder-Lehrman Nebraska History Teacher of the Year, Michael Sandstrom from Chadron High School
Robin Stevens, Nebraska State Board of Education District 7,
Michael Sandstrom, and Harris Payne
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Michael Sandstrom
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Click on the photos above to read about Mr. Sandstrom.
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*****Go to the Annual Conference (Awards) page and the Archives to see some of Nebraska's outstanding social studies educators!*****
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Who represents you on the Nebraska State Board of Education?
Contact your Board member with comments and concerns.
Contact your Board member with comments and concerns.
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